Alleged Beechboro gunman arrested after police chase ends in Morley Perth

A high-speed pursuit in Perth ends in the arrest of a man accused of firing 18 shots at cars as he drove through the suburb of Beechboro.

A man who allegedly fired 18 gunshots at four cars as he drove through the Perth suburb of Beechboro has been arrested and charged by police following a high-speed pursuit.

The man, 34, was taken into custody by heavily armed members of the police Tactical Response Group (TRG) after crashing his vehicle in Morley during last night’s chase.

“Detectives identified a man and located him driving in the Thornlie area at approximately 8pm last night,” a police spokesman said.

Officers pursued the man’s car through several suburbs…

Source: Alleged Beechboro gunman arrested after police chase ends in Morley – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Van hits pedestrians near Finsbury Park Mosque in London

Several pedestrians have been injured after being hit by a van in London. Witnesses said the vehicle veered off the road into crowds outside Finsbury Park Mosque but it was unclear whether the collision was deliberate. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said officers were called at 12.20am. “Officers are on the scene with other emergency services,” he added. “There are a number of casualties being worked on at the scene. There has been one person arrested. Enquiries continue.” More to follow

Source: Van hits pedestrians near Finsbury Park Mosque in London | The Independent

5 Suicide bombers launch co-ordinated attack in Afghanistan, killing and wounding dozens

Dozens of people were killed or wounded when as many as five suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials say.

Key points:

• Car bomb explodes, then multiple suicide bombers attack
• Doctors say at least five police killed and 30 people wounded
• Taliban claims responsibility for attack

The attack began about 6:30am when one bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at the gate of the police headquarters in Gardez city, capital of Paktia province, said Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.

Four more attackers stormed the gate after the blast, with at least two quickly killed by police.

The others held out against Afghan special forces that had responded to the attack, he said.

Mr Danish put the toll at two police killed and five wounded.

However, doctors at the city hospital said they had received the bodies of at least five police, as well as at least 30 wounded people, including 20 civilians.

Source: Suicide bombers launch co-ordinated attack in Afghanistan, killing and wounding dozens – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Why you’re about to pay through the nose for power THANKS to Tony Abbott

Business leaders pleaded for partisan support for the Finkel report’s findings, but with partisan breakdown over energy policy erupting yet again, power prices only have one way to go — up.

Just on three years ago, a jubilant Tony Abbott — having just secured agreement to vanquish the carbon tax, the handbrake on the Australian economy — appeared on national television.

Australian households would be $550 a year better off with the removal of the “toxic” carbon tax, he declared. Gas prices would fall 7 per cent.

Why gas prices won’t fall

These giant tankers carrying Australian gas to Asia are the reason why domestic prices will stay high, writes Michael Janda.

Electricity prices would drop 9 per cent. Everyone would be a winner, he told 7.30’s Leigh Sales.

“Because the price of power is a component of just about every price in the economy. When the price of power falls, other prices should go down as well,” he said.

Yep, it should. Except when it doesn’t.

Ever since the carbon tax was removed, power prices have only headed one way; upwards. This, at a time when oil prices have halved and coal slumped.

And then last week, Australians were greeted with alarming headlines like this in The Australian: POWER PRICE HIKE SHOCK SPREADS.

Source: Why you’re about to pay through the nose for power – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Porsche leaves it late to win 24 Hours Le Mans for 3rd year

LE MANS, France (AP) — Veteran German driver Timo Bernhard led Porsche to a dramatic third straight win at the 24 Hours Le Mans race to prevent a huge upset win for the lesser category Oreca team on Sunday.

After a series of mishaps to pre-race favorites Porsche and Toyota, the LMP2 category Oreca suddenly found itself in the lead with 19-year-old Frenchman Thomas Laurent behind the wheel three hours from the end of the grueling endurance race.

But the 36-year-old Bernhard, racing in the faster and more powerful LMP1 category Porsche 919 Hybrid, overtook the Oreca with about 1 hour remaining.

As the Porsche No. 2 crossed the finish line, there were scenes of relief in the Porsche garage as team members danced around holding up t-shirts with ”Hat trick 2015, 2016, 2017” written on them.

Teammate Brendon Hartley, who had done much of the hard work to drag Porsche back into the race, was in tears.

Bernhard finished about one minute ahead of the Jackie Chan DC Racing team car, owned by the famed action movie star.

Bernhard also won the race in 2010 when driving for the dominant Audi team.

It was a fantastic comeback win considering that the Porsche No. 2 was held up for more than one hour due to technical problems earlier in the race.

Source: Porsche leaves it late to win 24 Hours Le Mans for 3rd year

All flights suspended at Stuttgart Airport over suspected imminent bomb threat

All flights arrivals and departures for the airport were suspended.

A plane was grounded at Stuttgart Airport this morning over fears of an imminent bomb plot, German media reported.

It was feared that an attack may have been imminent after a passenger expressed fears over a conversation he heard, police said.

Possibly two or three people were questioned by police, according to Welt newspaper, following a disturbance.

They had been due to fly on the 180-seater Bulgaria Air plane at midday.

A federal police spokesman said: ‘During the routine departure check-out, a passenger told us that another passenger had threatened a bombing operation on the aircraft.

‘In ivew of the global political situation and the way in which the passenger met us, we had to take the threat seriously.’

According to another report there was an argument between three passengers which the crew regarded as a threat and police were called…

Source: Two men arrested at Stuttgart airport moments before carrying out attack on plane | Metro News